# ClassicPress

Content management system forked from WordPress, without the block editor.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/classicpress/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.classicpress.net
- repository: https://github.com/ClassicPress/ClassicPress
- docs: https://docs.classicpress.net
- plugins: https://directory.classicpress.net/plugins/
- x: https://twitter.com/GetClassicPress
- forum: https://forums.classicpress.net

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The ClassicPress Initiative
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.4
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: zip upload, composer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 863
- packagistDownloads: 3359
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 150
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 13
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1
- dependentPackages: 1

### Sources

- name: https://www.classicpress.net (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.classicpress.net (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/ClassicPress/ClassicPress (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://docs.classicpress.net/installing/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://www.classicpress.net/privacy-policy/ (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://github.com/ClassicPress/ClassicPress (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/ClassicPress/ClassicPress (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://www.classicpress.net/requirements/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://www.classicpress.net/requirements/ (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://docs.classicpress.net/installing/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://docs.classicpress.net/installing/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://docs.classicpress.net/installing/ (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://www.classicpress.net (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/ClassicPress/ClassicPress (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://packagist.org/packages/classicpress/classicpress.json (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://packagist.org/packages/classicpress/classicpress.json (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://packagist.org/packages/classicpress/classicpress.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/ClassicPress/ClassicPress (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://github.com/ClassicPress/ClassicPress (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/classicpress/classicpress.json (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.classicpress.net (read 2026-10-20)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/classicpress%2Fclassicpress (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/classicpress%2Fclassicpress (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/classicpress/classicpress/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

ClassicPress is a fork of WordPress that leaves out the block editor and keeps the classic editor. The [installation guide](https://docs.classicpress.net/installing/) covers a fresh install on a host with a MySQL or MariaDB database, and the migration of an existing WordPress site to ClassicPress.

## Worth knowing

GitHub states the license as GPL-2.0 and Packagist as GPL-2.0-or-later; the sources do not settle the "or later" clause.

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